Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...
Homer (c. 8th century BCE)
"Tell me now, you Muses that live on Olympus,
since you are goddesses, are present everywhere and
know everything, while we men...
This painting, produced by an unidentified artist around 1625, depicts one of the early heroic accomplishments carried out by the ancient Greek god, Apollo....
Around the year 105, during the reign of Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117), a high-profile death investigation rocked the Roman Empire. Afranius Dexter, a Roman...
